Term Name: negative chemotaxis
Synonyms: chemoaversion, chemorepulsion
Definition: The directed movement of a motile cell or organism towards a lower concentration of a chemical.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0050919]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: chemorepellent activity netrin receptor activity involved in chemorepulsion
is a type of: chemotaxis
has subtype: chemorepulsion involved in embryonic olfactory bulb interneuron precursor migration chemorepulsion involved in interneuron migration from the subpallium to the cortex chemorepulsion involved in postnatal olfactory bulb interneuron migration chemorepulsion involved in precerebellar neuron migration chemorepulsion of axon chemorepulsion of branchiomotor axon chemorepulsion of dopaminergic neuron axon chemorepulsion of serotonergic neuron axon germ cell repulsion negative aerotaxis synaptic target inhibition
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of negative chemotaxis
positively regulated by: positive regulation of negative chemotaxis
regulated by: regulation of negative chemotaxis